Last week, my colleagues in the Israeli Peace Now movement issued two blockbuster reports. These weren’t the regular “more construction was announced” fare. These reports have huge implications, both negative and positive, for peace and…
As the Israelis and Palestinians are presently negotiating in an effort to end a nearly seven decades-old conflict, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made recognition of the Jewish right to a homeland in Israel “the most…
The degree of importance and urgency to be attributed to the Palestine problem, specifically what to do about the West Bank and Gaza which Israel occupied in 1967, has itself become a problem. Arabs…
A viable peace process does not require either party to embrace or even recognize the legitimacy of the other’s narrative. It requires that both have an informed and non-reductionist understanding of what this narrative consists…
Baroness Jenny Tonge, was one of four speakers at the Oxford Union on 31 January, who opposed the motion: “This house believes that Israel is a force for good in the Middle East” Those speaking…
In the aftermath of Khaled Meshaal’s emotional visit to Gaza in celebration of Hamas’ 25th anniversary, commentary in Israel and the West has focused on his remarks at a rally as “defiant” and confirming “the…
The real story behind Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza has not yet been investigated, but now that the explosions have stopped, we are obligated to delve into the truth. The decision to kill Hamas…
103 of the 158 people killed in Gaza by Israeli military action this month were civilians. 30 were children, 12 of whom were under the age of 10. Even if Israel’s self-defence argument is accepted,…
State forced to release ‘red lines’ document for food consumption in the coastal Strip following legal battle; official: state has right to determine who it assists. After a three-and-a-half-year legal battle waged by the Gisha…
The soldiers arrive in the dead of night. They kick, they smash, they destroy. They break in, rudely awakening an entire house and its inhabitants, including children and babies. One officer pulls out a detailed…
Triggered by gas-price increases, tens of thousands of Palestinian taxi, truck and bus drivers in the West Bank observed a one-day strike, effectively shutting down cities. This, as Al Jazeera reported, was the culmination of…
Available at: http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/baroness-tonge-giving-aid-to-gaza-money-well-spent/ In giving aid to the occupied territories of Palestine, in the West Bank and Gaza, is the UK government supporting the illegal occupation of Palestine, asks Baroness Tonge. In the forward to a…
Open Letter to Netanyahu from German Jewish Forum posted at JfJfP: http://jfjfp.com/?p=26579 Press Release 09.11.11 To the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Mr. Benyamin Netanyahu Shalom, dear Prime Minister, In your address to the General…
The future is now. The revolution is in progress; just wait for what’s to come. By Gideon Levy at Haaretz: http://bit.ly/tLph41 One day not long from now we will wake up to a different kind…
Via Jonathan Fryer’s blog: http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/palestine-unesco-and-the-us/ The vote to accord Palestine member status at UNESCO means that the Palestinians now have their foot in the door of the United Nations and this must now make it easier…